My goal for taking photographs is to capture a certain emotion or to express who I am. My surreal selfie photo was a challenge because I am more interested in taking realistic pictures. Having to create something surreal out of a real photo is an interesting concept that requires a creative mind. When I learned that I had to create a surreal selfie, I knew that I had to use a picture of me surfing. Surfing represents who I am because it takes up most of my free time and my father is the one who got me hooked on the sport. My dad is a huge inspiration to me because he is one of the most well rounded and hard working people I know.
In the photo of me surfing, I added a very obvious background in the wave. I chose to include New York City into my surreal selfie because I have a very strong connection with the New York area. My mom currently lives in Monmouth county New Jersey with my little brother and you can see the city from their house so I try to visit them as much as possible. The picture shows waves in California and buildings in New York City because it represents my travels and adventures. The photo is inspired by a tattoo that I got in New jersey with waves and mountains over top of New York City because it represents that (out of all of the places I have lived) I would rather live in a place with waves and mountains instead of a city. The surreal selfie is a type of photograph that I usually do not put time into on my own. This created a fun challenge of trying to figure out editing apps and different picture blenders. First of all I put my original photo into a picture editing app called Aviary. I then adjusted the filter, brightness, and sharpness to get a solid base to blend with another picture. Once my original photo was edited, I inserted the photo in a picture blending app called Pic Blender. This is where I found a picture of New York City that I felt went with my original picture very well. When I finally figured out how to blend the two picture together so that it looked correct, I inserted the merged picture back into Aviary to clean up the details. I think that these surreal photos are very creative and give people a chance to express themselves beyond just a single photo. Also learning about these new picture editing apps gave me the ability to do more awesome projects like this again in the future.
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